Latest News | Traffic Stranded for 9 Hrs in Odisha's Mayurbhanj District Due to Blockade
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. Hundreds of vehicles, including interstate trucks carrying essential goods, were stranded on National Highway 49 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district for nine hours on Monday due to a blockade, police said.
Baripada, Aug 16 (PTI) Hundreds of vehicles, including interstate trucks carrying essential goods, were stranded on National Highway 49 in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district for nine hours on Monday due to a blockade, police said.
More than 200 people put up roadblocks near Bangriposh ghat demanding a widening of the highway into four lanes over a 6-km stretch in the area. The highway connects Kolkata to Mumbai.
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“There was no untoward incident during the protest,” Bangriposi police station inspector Sanjay Kumar Panda said.
Bangriposi Sachetana Nagarik Mancha had convened the 12-hour blockade over the rising number of road mishaps, which claimed more than 10 lives in the last three months, convenor of the outfit, Sanjay Kumar Agarwala, said.
The area is congested leading to increased vehicular queueing, he added.
The agitation was lifted at 3 pm, following an assurance from the authorities that they would discuss with the National Highways Authority of India on Thursday about ways to improve traffic movement.
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